All Stories from June 16, 2013 (Change date)
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Don’t let water park and fest fare sideline healthy choicesJun 16, 2013 5:36 am - Hot dogs, and soda, and funnel cakes — OH MY! Spending time at the zoo and water parks is top priority with my boys this summer and I can’t wait! If you’re worried that...
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Time for a clean sweep in legislatureJun 16, 2013 5:00 am - I hope I am not the only person in Illinois who finds it appalling that Illinois Democrats are strongly discussing a change to the Constitution that would allow for a gr...
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Vacationers sweet on Mackinac IslandJun 16, 2013 5:00 am - “Plug your ears!” We dutifully obey and in a moment we are glad as the boom of the cannon reverberates through the crowd at Fort Mackinac. Cannon firings on the bluff ov...
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Some changes we should makeJun 16, 2013 5:00 am - Read a letter today (June 7) saying how Mr. Sears was afraid of the Republicans taking away his right to vote. Why do you oppose laws requiring people having to show a p...
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Snowden: all-seeing, or myopic?Jun 16, 2013 5:00 am - Edward Snowden, the youthful information technician who leaked our nation's top-secret cyber-spy program, has made his mark on history. I suspect his “moment of fame” wi...
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The real single fathers can succeed, tooJun 16, 2013 5:00 am - When I think about the 24 million children in the United States who live apart from their biological father (that’s 34 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau) I wo...
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The poisoning of patriotismJun 16, 2013 5:00 am - A number of libertarians and conservative populists have found data collection by the National Security Agency to be the final confirmation of their worst fears about Ba...
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Glenbard program truly a treasureJun 16, 2013 4:40 am - Glenbard program truly a treasure Recently my wife and I had the pleasure of listening to highly sought after speaker, Stanford University’s Dr. Carol Dweck, talk a...
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Silo that feeds trough is emptyJun 16, 2013 4:40 am - Silo that feeds trough is empty I just wrote our real estate tax first installment check; it reminded me of lessons learned from the farm. I was not raised on a far...
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Garage ceiling should have been insulated when enclosedJun 16, 2013 4:22 am - Q. I finished my attached garage with insulation and drywall last year, and now the inside of the garage is wet in the winter. I did not insulate the ceiling. The walls ...